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5:15 PM ET, June 21, 2012

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Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg:
Romney Campaign Said To Ask Scott To Downplay Job Gains  —  Mitt Romney's presidential campaign asked Florida Governor Rick Scott to tone down his statements heralding improvements in the state's economy because they clash with the presumptive Republican nominee's message that the nation …
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BuzzFeed:
Romney's Cold War Strategy To Defeat Obama  —  Can the Republican spend him to death?  “Our SuperPACs are our Star Wars.”  —  Image by Joe Raedle / Getty Images  —  Mitt Romney has adopted what top Republicans describe as a Cold War strategy to defeat President Barack Obama: To spend him into oblivion.
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Romney tells Hispanic group Obama takes them for granted  —  Mitt Romney accused President Obama of taking Hispanic voters for granted in a major address Thursday to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.  —  The presumptive GOP presidential nominee said Obama …
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Paul West / Los Angeles Times:
Romney taunts Obama, ducks overall immigration fix
Discussion: The Spectacle Blog
Alexander Burns / Reuters:
Race gap hardens in 2012 contest
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Mourdock cheers SCOTUS for striking down Obamacare (Updated)  —  Yes, you read that right.  —  Indiana Treasurer and GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock applauds the Supreme Court's decision invalidating the Affordable Care Act in a new video uploaded to his YouTube account.
Discussion: BuzzFeed
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Badly Will SCOTUS Screw Up Obamacare?
Sarah Kliff / Ezra Klein:
The optimist's guide to repealing the individual mandate
Garrett Epps / American Prospect:
The Court's Scott Walker Moment  —  On First Amendment Thursday, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court delivered an unsubtle warning to public employee unions: You are living on borrowed time.  —  In Knox v. Service Employees International Union, the five—Chief Justice John Roberts …
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Daniel Fisher / Full Disclosure:   Supreme Court Says Unions Can't Bill Non-Members For Political Spending
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Executive privilege poses tricky situation for Obama  —  View Photo Gallery — Eric Holder isn't the first: Other high-profile officials held in contempt: Eric Holder isn't the first government official who has been found in contempt of Congress.  Congressional Research Service compiled …
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Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story:
Grayson: Fast and Furious ‘circus’ will backfire on Republicans
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Investor's Business Daily:
Obama's Executive Privilege Has The Stench Of Cover-Up
Discussion: Shot in the Dark
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Rove: Pelosi ‘sounds like Mad Red Queen’ with arrest threat  —  Karl Rove said Rep. Nancy Pelosi was “dead wrong” when she suggested Wednesday that she could have had him arrested.  —  “The only way I could have been arrested is if the House adopted the resolution, which it did not,” …
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Rush Limbaugh:
Pelosi: Holder Contempt Vote is Part of Republican Voter Suppression Scheme
Hunter Walker / Politicker:
Former KKK Leader David Duke Endorses Charles Barron [Video]  —  Dr. David Duke in his video endorsing Charles Barron for Congress.  (Photo: YouTube)  —  Former KKK Grand Wizard and member of the Louisiana Legislature David Duke released a video yesterday endorsing Charles Barron in his race …
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Celeste Katz / NY Daily News:
Charles Barron: David Duke Video Endorsement Of My Congressional Campaign Is “Foolishness”
Discussion: theGrio, Politicker and National Review
Dan Froomkin / The Huffington Post:
Yes, Iraq Definitely Had WMD, Vast Majority Of Polled Republicans Insist … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  WASHINGTON — How misinformed are Republicans about world affairs?  If presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's assertion that Russia is “without question our number one geopolitical foe” …
Jennifer Epsteinand Josh Boak / Politico:
John Bryson resigns as Commerce secretary  —  John Bryson resigned as Commerce Secretary, calling an end to the medical leave of absence he'd been on since a seizure caused his involvement in two car accidents in early June.  —  “I have come to the conclusion that I need to step …
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The 20 Hottest Conservative Women In The New Media (2012 Edition)  —  Welcome to the 4th annual 20 hottest conservative women in the new media.  Besides myself, this year's new slate of judges included, 1) Ali Akbar from Vice and Victory and National Bloggers Club.  2) Steven Crowder.
Discussion: Wonkette
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
C.I.A. Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Opposition  —  WASHINGTON — A small number of C.I.A. officers are operating secretly in southern Turkey, helping allies decide which Syrian opposition fighters across the border will receive arms to fight the Syrian government, according to American officials and Arab intelligence officers.
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Jersey Boys  —  The governor and the Boss—a tale of politics, rock and roll, and unrequited love  —  CHRIS CHRISTIE IS, even in moments of tranquility—of which, in his life, there seem to be none—a torqued-up, joyously belligerent, easily baited, and preternaturally exuberant son of New Jersey …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
4 Pinocchios for Obama's newest anti-Romney ad  —  “Running for governor, Mitt Romney campaigned as a job creator.  But as a corporate raider, he shipped jobs to China and Mexico.  As governor, he did the same thing: Outsourcing state jobs to India.”  —  The Obama campaign apparently loves …
James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
BREAKING: Texas bank launches constitutional challenge to Dodd-Frank financial reform law  —  If the U.S. Supreme Court throws out President Obama's healthcare law this month, the only other remaining major achievement from the president's first term would be, arguably, the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
GOP Holds Early Turnout Edge, But Little Enthusiasm for Romney  —  Obama Better Liked, Romney Ahead on Economy  —  OVERVIEW  —  Less than five months before Election Day, voters are not as engaged with the presidential campaign as they were at this point four years ago, when interest in the campaign reached record levels.
Mara MacDonald / WDIV-TV:
Poll shows Obama, Romney in statistical dead heat in Michigan; state called ‘purple’  —  According to poll, Michigan could be pivotal state for Obama, Romney in upcoming election race  —  Michigan looks like pivotal state for Romney, Obama  —  TROY, Mich. -
Josh Tyrangiel / Business Week:
A Congressional Exit Interview  —  Most politicians leave Congress on the wrong end of an election.  Not so Senators Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota), and Congressmen Gary Ackerman (D-New York) and Geoff Davis (R-Kentucky).  They all decided they'd had enough …
Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
Jay Rockefeller's swan song?  —  Now we know the first open Senate race of 2014: Jay Rockefeller's West Virginia seat.  —  Already the subject of speculation that he will not run for a sixth term in two years when he will be 77, Rockefeller's stunning coal-industry-needs-to-face- reality speech Wednesday seemed to confirm the rumors.
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
‘Today’ Show's Unfortunate Lower Third  —  Really, “Today” show?  You couldn't have come up with a less obtuse lower third for Ann Curry's interview with Steve Carell this morning?  —  New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.
 
 
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Tensions rise as justices kick healthcare ruling to next week
Discussion: CNN and The Huffington Post
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Republican Congressman's Advice For Mitt Romney: Start Bragging About Your Wealth
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
DISASTER: PHILLY FED REPORT COLLAPSES TO -16.6
Discussion: Mother Jones
Patrick McGeehan / New York Times:
Blacks Miss Out as Jobs Rebound in New York City
Anne-Marie Slaughter / The Atlantic Online:
Why Women Still Can't Have It All  —  It's time to stop fooling …
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Senate passes farm bill, as 16 Republicans vote with Democrats
Discussion: Politico
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Boehner to caucus: No ‘spiking the ball’ on health care
Discussion: CNN
G-A-Y / Good As You:
Minnesota for Marriage announces ‘Dump General Mills’; has NOM's fingerprints all over it
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Breaking Now  —  We've got the first nuggets out of Mitt Romney …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Rove ‘Makes A Mockery’ Of Law: Super PAC Co-Founder To Attend Romney Strategy Session This Weekend
CNN:
High court rules for broadcasters on TV ‘indecency’
Simon Johnson / Economix:
The End of the Euro Is Not About Austerity
Discussion: AEIdeas and National Review
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

 
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